The Republic of Slovenia

About the performance

This is the performance The Republic of Slovenia. In it, a retired intelligence officer tells a story about counting millions, then six important men ponder the fate of Slovenia which is turning into a mafia state, and in the end soldiers of character deal with a spy of character. This is the performance The Republic of Slovenia. It has been running for twenty-five years and it has been produced with your money. And all this time you have been – as an extra or as a big player – a part of it.

To celebrate its sixtieth anniversary, the Mladinsko Theatre, one of the most recognisable ambassadors of Slovenian art internationally, committed itself to look with pride into the events that have constituted the state, have left a crucial imprint of the national fibre and have  wakened us as national subjects, as citizens. The theatre was joined by the Maska Institute, founded at the exact same time as the events  which made the Republic of Slovenia became the way it is. Our duty as citizens is to look at the post-independence period; at the time when dreams were no longer sufficient (or allowed). All the authors of the performance will remain anonymous. In this context, the individual  simply is not important. What is important is the state(ment).

Première: 20 April 2016
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